PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS
Corporate Headquarters
Since 1836 , Philadelphia Gas Works ( PGW ) has been supplying residents and businesses throughout the City of Philadelphia with natural gas as a utility . But the service has not remained stagnant over those two centuries . The energy industry is evolving , and PGW is evolving with it to find new and exciting ways to serve its city .
Embarking on new initiatives Within the past year , Philadelphia Gas Works has been seeking out new business opportunities — and finding several . One important prospect that the company has been
working hard on is the expansion of its liquefied natural gas ( LNG ) assets .
“ We have a very large LNG footprint — over 4 billion cubic feet of storage , in addition to a liquefaction plant and a vaporization plant ,” says Craig White , CEO at PGW . “ So we have the ability to liquefy and store a substantial amount of LNG , and then we can do a variety of things with that . We can vaporize it and put it into our distribution system , or distribute the liquid via our truck offloading racks . That ’ s a business that we hope to expand , and that ’ s got us very excited .”
PGW is also looking at increasing
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